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Heart Excitation & Cardiac Cycle

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

#1 is pointing to the:

a)

SA node

b)

AV node

c)

AV bundle

d)

Purkinje fibers

2.

#2 is pointing to the:

a)

SA node

b)

AV node

c)

AV bundle branches

d)

Purkinje fibers

3.

#6 is pointing to the:

a)

SA node

b)

AV node

c)

AV bundle

d)

AV bundle branches

4.

#3 is pointing to the:

a)

AV node

b)

AV bundle

c)

AV bundle branches

d)

Purkinje fibers

5.

#7 is pointing to the:

a)

AV node

b)

AV bundle

c)

AV bundle branches

d)

Purkinje fibers

6.

What is happening during the P wave?

a)

Atrial repolarization (atrial diastole)

b)

Atrial depolarization (atrial systole)

c)

Ventricular repolarization (ventricular diastole)

d)

Ventricular depolarization (ventricular systole)

7.

What is happening during the QRS complex?

a)

Atrial repolarization (atrial diastole)

b)

Atrial depolarization (atrial systole)

c)

Ventricular repolarization (ventricular diastole)

d)

Ventricular depolarization (ventricular systole)

8.

What is happening during the T wave?

a)

Semilunar valves close

b)

Atria are in systole

c)

Ventricles are in diastole

d)

Ventricles are in systole

9.

When do the AV valves close?

a)

P wave

b)

PR segment

c)

ST segment

d)

T wave

10.

What causes valves to open during the cardiac cycle?

a)

They open to let air through

b)

Changes in pressure in the atria, ventricles, pulmonary artery, and aorta

c)

They open to let blood flow back and forth between chambers

d)

When the pressure drops suddenly

11.

What is another name for the "pacemaker" of the heart?

a)

SA node

b)

AV node

c)

AV bundle

d)

Purkinje fibers

12.

In what part of the conduction system is there a temporary delay?

a)

SA node

b)

AV node

c)

AV bundle

d)

AV bundle branches

13.

What part of the conduction system causes the ventricles to contract?

a)

AV node

b)

AV bundle

c)

AV bundle branches

d)

Purkinje fibers

14.

The right side of the heart is called __________ circuit; the left side of the heart is called the __________ circuit.

a)

Lungs; Systemic

b)

Systemic; Pulmonary

c)

Pulmonary; Systemic

d)

Pulmonary; Aortic

15.

Why is the left ventricular wall so much thicker than the right ventricular wall?

a)

Blood from the right side is being pushed so much farther

b)

Blood from the left side is not being pushed as far

c)

It's not, it's the same thickness

d)

Blood from the left side is being pushed so much farther